Contribution of internal exposures to the radiological consequences of the Chernobyl accident

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 127, Issue 1-4, 2007, Pages 491-496

  Balonov, M I ^a   Anspaugh, L R ^b   Bouville, A ^c   Likhtarev, I A ^d  

^a INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d Research Center for Radiation Medicine   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CESIUM 134; CESIUM 137; IODINE 131; STRONTIUM 90; RADIOISOTOPE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BELARUS; CANCER INCIDENCE; CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; RADIATION CARCINOGENESIS; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; RADIOSENSITIVITY; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SOIL POLLUTION; THYROID CANCER; UKRAINE; BIOASSAY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY BURDEN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; RELATIVE BIOLOGIC EFFECTIVENESS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THYROID GLAND; WHOLE BODY COUNTING;

BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; BODY BURDEN; CHERNOBYL NUCLEAR ACCIDENT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RADIOISOTOPES; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THYROID GLAND; WHOLE-BODY COUNTING;

EID: 49649126917     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncm301     Document Type: Article

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